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Chapter 21
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Proverbs 21

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1 Rivulets of waters [is] the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:1. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 62
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם לֶב־מֶ֭לֶךְ בְּיַד־יְהוָ֑ה עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֖ר יַחְפֹּ֣ץ יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃

11 word entries
פַּלְגֵי
Lemma
6388
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6388
Occurrences
9
מַ֣יִם
Lemma
4325
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4325
Occurrences
325
לֶב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
מֶ֭לֶךְ
Lemma
4428
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1112
בְּיַד
Lemma
b/3027
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
546
יְהוָ֑ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
עַֽל
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
כָּל
Lemma
3605
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
3268
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
יַחְפֹּ֣ץ
Lemma
2654 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2654
Occurrences
70
יַטֶּֽנּוּ
Lemma
5186
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5186
Occurrences
132
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Ὥσπερ ὁρμὴ ὕδατος, οὕτως καρδία βασιλέως ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἐὰν θέλων νεῦσαι ἐκεῖ ἔκλινεν αὐτήν.

16 word entries
Ὥσπερ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
hosper
Morphology
comparative conjunction/adverb
Gloss
just as, as
Part of Speech
conjunction/adverb
Definition
Comparative conjunction/adverb.
Occurrences
236
ὁρμὴ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
orme
Morphology
nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ὕδατος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
hydor
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
water
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Water.
Occurrences
629
οὕτως
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
houtos
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
thus, so
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Thus, so, in this way.
Occurrences
776
καρδία
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kardia
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
heart
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heart, inner life, mind, or will.
Occurrences
867
βασιλέως
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
basileus
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
king
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
King or ruler.
Occurrences
3067
ἐν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
χειρὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
cheir
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
hand
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hand or power.
Occurrences
1718
Θεοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
theou
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive singular
Gloss
of God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
3522
οὗ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ὅς
Transliteration
hou
Morphology
relative pronoun/adverb
Gloss
of whom, where
Part of Speech
relative pronoun/adverb
Definition
Relative pronoun or adverbial relative form.
Occurrences
4123
ἐὰν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐάν
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
conditional particle
Gloss
if, whenever
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Definition
Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
Occurrences
1253
θέλων
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
thelon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
νεῦσαι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
neysai
Morphology
Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἐκεῖ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
ekei
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
there
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
There, in that place.
Occurrences
751
ἔκλινεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
eklinen
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἔκλινεν
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
10
αὐτήν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܐܝܟ ܬܦܐ ܕܡ̈ܝܐ ܠܒܗ ܕܡܠܟܐ ܒܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܘܠܐܬܪ ܕܨܒܐ ܡܪܟܢ ܠܗ

11 word entries
ܐܝܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2051
ܬܦܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܬܦܐ
Transliteration
tp'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
ܕܡ̈ܝܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
83
ܠܒܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܒܗ
Transliteration
lbh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
91
ܕܡܠܟܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dmlk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
458
ܒܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
b'ydwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
27
ܕܐܠܗܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
374
ܘܠܐܬܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wl'tr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܕܨܒܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dsb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
59
ܡܪܟܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mrkn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܠܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

הֵיךְ טְיָפֵי דְמַיָא לִבֵּיהּ דְמַלְכָּא בְּאַיְדוֹי דֵאלָהָא וְלַאֲתַר דְצָבֵי נִרְכַן לֵיהּ׃

11 word entries
הֵיךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
היך
Transliteration
hyk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
459
טְיָפֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
typy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
דְמַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מיא
Transliteration
dmy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
233
לִבֵּיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ביה
Transliteration
lbyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
359
דְמַלְכָּא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מלך
Transliteration
dmlk'
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
of/that king
Occurrences
2509
בְּאַיְדוֹי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'ydwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
דֵאלָהָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אלה
Transliteration
d'lh'
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
of/that God
Occurrences
779
וְלַאֲתַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wl'tr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
דְצָבֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
צבי
Transliteration
dtsby
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
21
נִרְכַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nrkn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
לֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ליה
Transliteration
lyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1154
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

[Sicut divisiones aquarum, ita cor regis in manu Domini: quocumque voluerit, inclinabit illud.

13 word entries
sicut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sicut
Transliteration
sicut
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1559
divisiones
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diuisio
Transliteration
divisiones
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
27
aquarum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aqua
Transliteration
aquarum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
692
ita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ita
Transliteration
ita
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
439
cor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cor
Transliteration
cor
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1028
regis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
manu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
Domini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domini
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
quocumque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
quocumque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
30
voluerit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uolo
Transliteration
voluerit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
538
inclinabit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inclino
Transliteration
inclinabit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
77
illud
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illud
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Proverbs 16:9

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

55 relevance votes

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and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

35 relevance votes

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From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he his way?

34 relevance votes

Acts 7:10

and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him — governor over Egypt and all his house.

31 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:1

Of man [are] arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

27 relevance votes

Daniel 4:35

and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?

25 relevance votes

Psalms 106:46

And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

22 relevance votes

Isaiah 43:19

Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place — floods.

19 relevance votes

Nehemiah 2:4

And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,

17 relevance votes

Nehemiah 1:11

'I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;' and I have been butler to the king.

15 relevance votes

Psalms 105:25

He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.

12 relevance votes

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Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.

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